Private letter
Letter from Dionysios to his father, Philonikos.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25914
Letter from Dionysios to his father Philonikos about illness and food sent TM 25914Unknown place, province of EgyptIst/IInd century A.D.
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A private letter from Dionysios to his father Philonikos, reporting that he had a fever and vomited his food during the night, and that on receiving 60 drachmas he sent food through Kallinikos: loaves, olives, baked cheeses and sausages. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD, from an unknown place in Egypt.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Dionysios to Philonikos, his lord father, greetings.
I am the same; but during the night before yesterday I also had a fever, having thrown up my food. But with God's help […]
As soon as I received the 60 drachmas, as you wrote, I sent you through Kallinikos also 5 pairs of loaves and olives and 6 baked cheeses and 6 small sausages and […] in number […] and […]
[…]
[verso]
To Philonikos
The scribe deleted the words 'a small pot in which' before 'olives'. The end of the letter is lost, and 'I am the same' likely means his condition is unchanged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Dionysius to his Father, Philonicus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oslo.3.152
[r] Διονύσιος Φιλονίκωι τῶι κυρίωι πατρὶ χαίρειν. ἐγὼ ὁ αὐτός εἰμι· τὴν νύκτα δὲ τὴν εἰς τὴν ἐχθὲς καὶ ἐπεπυρέχειν ἀποβαλὼν τὴν τροφήν· σύν θεῶι δὲ εω[…]…μ… ὡς ἔσχον τὰς ἑξήκοντα δραχμὰς ὡς ἔγραψας ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ Καλλινίκου καὶ πέντε ζεύγη ἄρτων καὶ ἐλαίας καὶ ὀπτοὺς τυροὺς ἓξ κα…